RxDoctor Payments Data

Bryce Petersheim, PA

Surgical · Reading, PANPI 1629589981

Payments from drug & device makers

What this record shows

The money is spread across several categories — travel and lodging (45.5%), education and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 7 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 52.9% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $4,121 and has fallen 77.6% since, to $923 in 2025. Among surgical clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.

$6,500in general payments, 2019–2025

Across 40 payments — averaging $162.49 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.

  • Arthrex$3K
  • Novus Surgical Consultants$1K
  • Novus Surgical Solutions LLC$961
  • Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated$904
  • Stryker$31
  • Vertex$19
  • plus $17 from 1 others

What the payments were for

  • Travel & lodging$2,95645%
  • Food & beverage$1,14418%
  • Education$2,40037%

General payments by program year

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23
24
25

Who reported the general payments

Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.

CompanyPaymentsTotal
Arthrex13$3,438
Novus Surgical Consultants12$1,129
Novus Surgical Solutions LLC8$961
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated4$904
Stryker1$31
Vertex1$19
Smith+Nephew1$17

What the payments were tied to

Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.

How this compares

$6,500 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 626 surgical providers in Pennsylvania.

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Medicare billing

Part B allowed, 2024
$19,513
Medicare patients
99
Services billed
458

What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.

Most prescribed under Part D

DrugClaimsCost to plans & patients
Celecoxib24$437
Diclofenac Sodium20$411
Oxycodone Hcl66$282
Meloxicam30$176
Ondansetron Hcl42$165
Cyclobenzaprine Hcl16$119

Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.

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